Soldier profiles
Name : FREE, HECTOR STANLEY
Service Number : VX18662
Date of Birth : 07/08/1900
Place of Birth : ZEEHAN, TAS
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BLACKWOOD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : FARN, M
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/01/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : BORNEO
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : BORNEO
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0030 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6209158 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 314kB)
Background : Repatriated 26/09/1945 on hospital ship Wanganella from Morotai via Balikpapan to Australia.
